1440), monk of Christ Church, Canterbury: inscribed 'Psalterium Dompni Johannis Waltham Monachi Ecclesie Cristi Cant' (f. 8r, iv recto) inscribed with his name (f. 1508), custos martyrii of Christ Church, Canterbury: inscribed 'Si quis invenerit huc libru, restituat dopno Willo Yngram' (f. 171) added obits for monks of Christ Church to the calendar at various dates (ff. April 1012), but not his translation in 1023 in the mid-12th century, Christ Church altered, erased or removed, and added new texts in order to make the Psalter conform to the Gallican version (see Ker, Catalogue (1957), p. The calendar includes the martyrdom of archbishop Ælfheah (d. 1023 as a scribe of liturgical books and charters. Origin: Canterbury, Southeastern England.Provenance: The cathedral priory of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury, founded in 597: the Psalter was probably copied by Eadwig (also spelled ‘Eadui’) Basan, a monk of Christ Church Canterbury who is known to have been active been c. Later faces of Christ and monks added to ff. Later sketch of a man in early modern attire (f. Later marginal sketch of a lion rampant (f. Display script and rubrics in blue, green, and red.Later faces added to some letters. 147r, 162v) numerous large initials in blue, gold, green, yellow (imitation gold), or red, some with penwork decoration in the other colour numerous small initials in blue, green, yellow (imitation gold), purple or red. 105r) 2 large initials with geometric patterns in blue, green, yellow (imitation gold), and red (ff. 1 large initial in gold with foliate decoration and an animal head in purple and red (f.
53r) 1 half-page historiated initial in gold, showing David killing Goliath at the beginning of Psalm 101, with full border in gold and colours (f. 12r) 1 half-page initial in gold with knot-work, foliate and zoomorphic motifs, and a full border in colours and gold, with the Evangelist symbols of the cow and eagle in roundels at the beginning of Psalm 51 (f. 1 full-page initial (‘B’) in gold with knot-work, foliate and zoomorphic motifs, and a full border in colours and gold at the beginning of Psalm 1 (f. A marginal drawing of a cross with base (f. A drawing in a table of three tonsured figures with books, where the central figure is seated on chair, within architectural details (f. 8v-10r), featuring two drawings:A drawing in a table in green and black of Pachomius receiving a scroll from an angel within architectural details (f. Tables with architectural details in red ink (ff. It is debated whether this image includes a self-portrait of the scribe and possible artist of the Psalter, Eadwig Basan (see, for a recent example, Newton, 'Giant' (2012), pp.
Decoration:1 full-page miniature in colours and gold, depicting a group of monks presenting a copy of the Rule of Benedict to St Benedict who sits enthroned while another monk prostrates himself at Benedict's feet (f. 171r-191v: Collects, prayers, forms of confession and Old English glosses.
147r-170v: Hymns and offices added in the second or third quarter of the 12th century. 145r-146v: Hymns added in the mid-14th century. 135r-144v: Canticles, litany and collects added in the second or third quarter of the 12th century. 11v: Four prayers labelled 'Oratio post psalterium'.ff. 11r-11v: Pseudo-Augustine of Hippo, Laus Psalterii (Praise of the Psalter), beginning 'Canticum psalmorum carmen electum est apud deum animas'. 8v-10r: Tables showing the date of Easter and other important liturgical dates and lines about nones, ides and kalends surrounded by arches.ff. 1r-1v: Three prayers, added in a 13th-century script. Further hymns were added later in the Middle Ages on ff. In the mid-12th century, the text of some of the Psalms and Canticles was altered to the Gallican version, some folios were removed or erased, and some new texts were added on ff. Eadwig may also have been the artist of the decoration. 10, based on comparisons to other texts written by him. 2r-135r, 171r-190v probably was copied by Eadwig (also spelled 'Eadui') Basan, a monk of Christ Church Canterbury between c. This manuscript contains a Psalter including Canticles, hymns, offices, prayers, Old English glosses, and prefatory material.